ngIRCd Release 27

[ngircd-alex.git] / doc / HowToRelease.txt

diff --git a/doc/HowToRelease.txt b/doc/HowToRelease.txt
index a17f123fd3e4fe1c955b2f48369b4ee7ad34b17d..35514230e96b1924c15a5924b938c119c4e44625 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/HowToRelease.txt
+++ b/doc/HowToRelease.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
                      ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
                            http://ngircd.barton.de/
 
                      ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
                            http://ngircd.barton.de/
 

-               (c)2001-2020 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
+               (c)2001-2024 Alexander Barton and Contributors.

                ngIRCd is free software and published under the
                    terms of the GNU General Public License.
 
                ngIRCd is free software and published under the
                    terms of the GNU General Public License.
 


@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ b) Make sure the source tree is in a releasable state ;-)
     - Are all branches & patches merged? Check GitHub issues, pull requests
       and milestones!
     - Run as many tests as you can!
     - Are all branches & patches merged? Check GitHub issues, pull requests
       and milestones!
     - Run as many tests as you can!

-    - Is the AUTHORS file up to date? This command may be helpful:
-      "( grep '>$' AUTHORS; git shortlog -se | cut -c8- ) | grep -Ev \
-       '(alex@barton.de|fw@strlen.de)' | LC_ALL=de_DE.UTF-8 sort -u"
+    - Is the AUTHORS.md file up to date? This command may be helpful:
+      "( grep '>$' AUTHORS.md; git shortlog -se|cut -c8-|sed 's/^/- /' ) \
+        | grep -Ev '(alex@barton.de|fw@strlen.de)' \
+        | LC_ALL=de_DE.UTF-8 sort -u"

 
 c) Update the files describing the new release:
     - ChangeLog
 
 c) Update the files describing the new release:
     - ChangeLog


@@ -73,8 +74,8 @@ h) Run "./autogen.sh" to update the ./configure script with the correct
 
 i) Run "./configure" to rebuild all generated Makefiles.
 
 
 i) Run "./configure" to rebuild all generated Makefiles.
 

-j) Run "make distcheck" (and "make dist-tarZ dist-xz") to generate all of the
-   distribution archives.
+j) Run "make distcheck" (and "make dist-tarZ && make dist-xz") to generate all
+   of the distribution archives.

 
 k) Sign the distribution archive(s) using GnuPG: "gpg -b <archivefile>"
 
 
 k) Sign the distribution archive(s) using GnuPG: "gpg -b <archivefile>"